Autumn is here, in fact as well as in name ( Read more... )

• If you use Pinterest, have you ever found yourself in Pinboard Bloat? Like, you start a board, Pinterest suggests some similar boards, so you follow them, then Pinterest is like "try these suggested pins" so you pin those and the next thing you know, your little board of, say, Addergoole Changes is a giant behemoth of mermaids and satyr beefcake ( Read more... )

 

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  I got stung by a bee for the first time in my adult life the Sunday before this one.  The poor thing was probably just looking for something alive, considering the drought-ridden state of our yard.  Still, I’ve learned a) I’m still not allergic to bees (somewhat of a concern, as both my father & my maternal uncle had adult-onset of bee-sting ( Read more... )

(I shall try to get a photo, I promise ( Read more... )

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~~It's Spring! It's time for all the chores~~

We've come to the time of year when I can almost rely on the weather not being frosty overnight - it reached the 70's yesterday! (Low 20s C) - so now is the time for all the yardwork, and planning all of the house stuff ( Read more... )

I have been learning things about bread!

If you are an experienced bread baker, most of these things will probably not be news to you. Some of them are not /recent/ news to me but I still find them interesting.

What I have been learning recently is about tenderness, crispness, and longevity.

My normal go-to loaf is Oatmeal Toasting and ( Read more... )

Christmas Food

I mentioned last week that we were going to make Kale & Apple Soup for my mom. It turned out delicious ( Read more... )

I'm making my mother Kale & Apple soup for Christmas ( Read more... )

The house came with, among a lot of other stuff, some corrugated cement board and a chair with no bottom. It also came with a lot of mess in the hedgerow that needed to be pulled out and dealt with ( Read more... )